Sec. 36a-1. (Formerly Sec. 36-1). General statement.
Sec. 36a-2. (Formerly Sec. 36-2). Definitions.
Sec. 36a-3. Other defined terms.
Secs. 36a-4 to 36a-9. Reserved
Sec. 36a-1. (Formerly Sec. 36-1). General statement. This title shall be known as the “Banking Law of Connecticut” and shall be applicable to all Connecticut banks, Connecticut credit unions, mortgage lenders, mortgage correspondent lenders, mortgage brokers, mortgage loan originators, loan processors or underwriters, money transmitters, check cashers, trustees under mortgages or deeds of trust of real property securing certain investments, corporations exercising fiduciary powers, small loan lenders, sales finance companies, mortgage servicers, debt adjusters, debt negotiators, consumer collection agencies, student loan servicers, mortgage lead generators and to such other persons as subject themselves to the provisions of this title or who, by violating any of its provisions, become subject to the penalties provided in this title.
(1949 Rev., S. 5731; 1969, P.A. 167; P.A. 78-121, S. 8, 113; P.A. 88-65, S. 5; P.A. 94-122, S. 1, 340; P.A. 08-176, S. 32; P.A. 11-216, S. 1; P.A. 13-253, S. 20; P.A. 14-89, S. 18; P.A. 18-173, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act specified applicability to dealers of securities, investment counsel and investment counsel agents; P.A. 78-121 deleted private bankers and building associations from applicability provision; P.A. 88-65 deleted reference to industrial banks; P.A. 94-122 consolidated “state bank and trust companies”, “savings banks”, and “savings and loan associations” into the definition of “Connecticut banks”, added references to specific licensees and removed references to licensees covered by sections moved to title 36b, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-1 transferred to Sec. 36a-1 in 1995; P.A. 08-176 removed “first and secondary” re “mortgage lenders”, inserted “mortgage” re brokers and added “mortgage correspondent lenders, mortgage loan originators”, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-216 added “loan processors or underwriters” and “persons offering or engaging in debt negotiation” and made a technical change; P.A. 13-253 changed “money order and travelers check licensees, check cashing service licensees” to “money transmitters, check cashers”, changed “licensees” to “lenders” and changed “persons offering or engaging in debt negotiation” to “debt negotiators, consumer collection agencies”; P.A. 14-89 replaced “servicing companies” with “servicers”; P.A. 18-173 added “, student loan servicers, mortgage lead generators”.
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Sec. 36a-2. (Formerly Sec. 36-2). Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Affiliate” of a person means any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that person;
(2) “Applicant” with respect to any license or approval provision pursuant to this title means a person who applies for that license or approval;
(3) “Automated teller machine” means a stationary or mobile device that is unattended or equipped with a telephone or televideo device that allows contact with bank personnel, including a satellite device but excluding a point of sale terminal, at which banking transactions, including, but not limited to, deposits, withdrawals, advances, payments or transfers, may be conducted;
(4) “Bank” means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank;
(5) “Bank and trust company” means an institution chartered or organized under the laws of this state as a bank and trust company;
(6) “Bank holding company” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1841(a), as amended from time to time, except that the term “bank”, as used in 12 USC Section 1841(a) includes a bank or out-of-state bank that functions solely in a trust or fiduciary capacity;
(7) “Capital stock” when used in conjunction with any bank or out-of-state bank means a bank or out-of-state bank that is authorized to accumulate funds through the issuance of its capital stock;
(8) “Client” means a beneficiary of a trust for whom the Connecticut bank acts as trustee, a person for whom the Connecticut bank acts as agent, custodian or bailee, or other person to whom a Connecticut bank owes a duty or obligation under a trust or other account administered by such Connecticut bank, regardless of whether such Connecticut bank owes a fiduciary duty to the person;
(9) “Club deposit” means deposits to be received at regular intervals, the whole amount deposited to be withdrawn by the owner or repaid by the bank in not more than fifteen months from the date of the first deposit, and upon which no interest or dividends need to be paid;
(10) “Commissioner” means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function;
(11) “Company” means any corporation, joint stock company, trust, association, partnership, limited partnership, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or similar organization, but does not include (A) any corporation the majority of the shares of which are owned by the United States or by any state, or (B) any trust which by its terms shall terminate within twenty-five years or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of beneficiaries living on the effective date of the trust;
(12) “Connecticut bank” means a bank and trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association chartered or organized under the laws of this state;
(13) “Connecticut credit union” means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in section 36a-438a, (B) operates for the benefit and general welfare of its members with the earnings, benefits or services offered being distributed to or retained for its members, and (C) is governed by a volunteer board of directors elected by and from its membership;
(14) “Connecticut credit union service organization” means a credit union service organization that is (A) incorporated under the laws of this state, located in this state and established by at least one Connecticut credit union, or (B) wholly owned by a credit union that converted into a Connecticut credit union pursuant to section 36a-469b;
(15) “Consolidation” means a combination of two or more institutions into a new institution; all institutions party to the consolidation, other than the new institution, are “constituent” institutions; the new institution is the “resulting” institution;
(16) “Control” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1841(a), as amended from time to time;
(17) “Credit union service organization” means an entity organized under state or federal law to provide credit union service organization services primarily to its members, to Connecticut credit unions, federal credit unions and out-of-state credit unions other than its members, and to members of any such other credit unions;
(18) “Customer” means any person using a service offered by a financial institution;
(19) “Demand account” means an account into which demand deposits may be made;
(20) “Demand deposit” means a deposit that is payable on demand, a deposit issued with an original maturity or required notice period of less than seven days or a deposit representing funds for which the bank does not reserve the right to require at least seven days' written notice of the intended withdrawal, but does not include any time deposit;
(21) “Deposit” means funds deposited with a depository;
(22) “Deposit account” means an account into which deposits may be made;
(23) “Depositor” includes a member of a mutual savings and loan association;
(24) “Director” means a member of the governing board of a financial institution;
(25) “Equity capital” means the excess of a Connecticut bank's total assets over its total liabilities, as defined in the instructions of the federal Financial Institutions Examination Council for consolidated reports of condition and income;
(26) “Executive officer” means every officer of a Connecticut bank who participates or has authority to participate, otherwise than in the capacity of a director, in major policy-making functions of such bank, regardless of whether such officer has an official title or whether that title contains a designation of assistant and regardless of whether such officer is serving without salary or other compensation. The president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of such bank are deemed to be executive officers, unless, by resolution of the governing board or by such bank's bylaws, any such officer is excluded from participation in major policy-making functions, otherwise than in the capacity of a director of such bank, and such officer does not actually participate in such policy-making functions;
(27) “Federal agency” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time;
(28) “Federal bank” means a national banking association, federal savings bank or federal savings and loan association having its principal office in this state;
(29) “Federal branch” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time;
(30) “Federal credit union” means any institution chartered or organized as a federal credit union pursuant to the laws of the United States having its principal office in this state;
(31) “Fiduciary” means a person undertaking to act alone or jointly with others primarily for the benefit of another or others in all matters connected with its undertaking and includes a person acting in the capacity of trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, assignee, receiver, conservator, agent, custodian under the Connecticut Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, and acting in any other similar capacity;
(32) “Financial institution” means any Connecticut bank, Connecticut credit union, or other person whose activities in this state are subject to the supervision of the commissioner, but does not include a person whose activities are subject to the supervision of the commissioner solely pursuant to chapter 672a, 672b or 672c or any combination thereof;
(33) “Foreign bank” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time;
(34) “Foreign country” means any country other than the United States and includes any colony, dependency or possession of any such country;
(35) “Governing board” means the group of persons vested with the management of the affairs of a financial institution irrespective of the name by which such group is designated;
(36) “Holding company” means a bank holding company or a savings and loan holding company, except, as used in sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, “holding company” means a company that controls a bank;
(37) “Insured depository institution” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1813, as amended from time to time;
(38) “Licensee” means any person who is licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to the applicable provisions of this title;
(39) “Loan” includes any line of credit or other extension of credit;
(40) “Loan production office” means an office of a bank or out-of-state bank, other than a foreign bank, whose activities are limited to loan production and solicitation;
(41) “Merger” means the combination of one or more institutions with another which continues its corporate existence; all institutions party to the merger are “constituent” institutions; the merging institution which upon the merger continues its existence is the “resulting” institution;
(42) “Mutual” when used in conjunction with any institution that is a bank or out-of-state bank means any such institution without capital stock;
(43) “Mutual holding company” means a mutual holding company organized under sections 36a-192 to 36a-199, inclusive, and unless otherwise indicated, a subsidiary holding company controlled by a mutual holding company organized under sections 36a-192 to 36a-199, inclusive;
(44) “Out-of-state” includes any state other than Connecticut and any foreign country;
(45) “Out-of-state bank” means any institution that engages in the business of banking, but does not include a bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or out-of-state credit union;
(46) “Out-of-state credit union” means any credit union other than a Connecticut credit union or a federal credit union;
(47) “Out-of-state trust company” means any company chartered to act as a fiduciary but does not include a company chartered under the laws of this state, a bank, an out-of-state bank, a Connecticut credit union, a federal credit union or an out-of-state credit union;
(48) “Person” means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (11) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof;
(49) “Point of sale terminal” means a device located in a commercial establishment at which sales transactions can be charged directly to the buyer's deposit, loan or credit account, but at which deposit transactions cannot be conducted;
(50) “Prepayment penalty” means any charge or penalty for paying all or part of the outstanding balance owed on a loan before the date on which the principal is due and includes computing a refund of unearned interest by a method that is less favorable to the borrower than the actuarial method, as defined by Section 933(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, 15 USC 1615(d), as amended from time to time;
(51) “Reorganized savings bank” means any savings bank incorporated and organized in accordance with sections 36a-192 and 36a-193;
(52) “Reorganized savings and loan association” means any savings and loan association incorporated and organized in accordance with sections 36a-192 and 36a-193;
(53) “Reorganized savings institution” means any reorganized savings bank or reorganized savings and loan association;
(54) “Representative office” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time;
(55) “Reserves for loan and lease losses” means the amounts reserved by a Connecticut bank against possible loan and lease losses as shown on the bank's consolidated reports of condition and income;
(56) “Retail deposits” means any deposits made by individuals who are not “accredited investors”, as defined in 17 CFR 230.501(a);
(57) “Satellite device” means an automated teller machine which is not part of an office of the bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union which has established such machine;
(58) “Savings account” means a deposit account, other than an escrow account established pursuant to section 49-2a, into which savings deposits may be made and which account must be evidenced by periodic statements delivered at least semiannually or by a passbook;
(59) “Savings and loan association” means an institution chartered or organized under the laws of this state as a savings and loan association;
(60) “Savings bank” means an institution chartered or organized under the laws of this state as a savings bank;
(61) “Savings deposit” means any deposit other than a demand deposit or time deposit on which interest or a dividend is paid periodically;
(62) “Savings and loan holding company” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1467a, as amended from time to time;
(63) “Share account holder” means a person who maintains a share account in a Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or out-of-state credit union that maintains in this state a branch, as defined in section 36a-435b;
(64) “State” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands;
(65) “State agency” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time;
(66) “State branch” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time;
(67) “Subsidiary” has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1841(d), as amended from time to time;
(68) “Subsidiary holding company” means a stock holding company, controlled by a mutual holding company, that holds one hundred per cent of the stock of a reorganized savings institution;
(69) “Supervisory agency” means: (A) The commissioner; (B) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (C) the Resolution Trust Corporation; (D) the Office of Thrift Supervision; (E) the National Credit Union Administration; (F) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; (G) the United States Comptroller of the Currency; (H) the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; and (I) any successor to any of the foregoing agencies or individuals;
(70) “System” means the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, NMLS, NMLSR or such other name or acronym as may be assigned to the multistate system developed by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators and owned and operated by the State Regulatory Registry, LLC, or any successor or affiliated entity, for the licensing and registration of persons in the mortgage and other financial services industries;
(71) “Time account” means an account into which time deposits may be made;
(72) “Time deposit” means a deposit that the depositor or share account holder does not have a right and is not permitted to make withdrawals from within six days after the date of deposit, unless the deposit is subject to an early withdrawal penalty of at least seven days' simple interest on amounts withdrawn within the first six days after deposit, subject to those exceptions permissible under 12 CFR Part 204, as amended from time to time;
(73) “Trust bank” means a Connecticut bank organized to function solely in a fiduciary capacity; and
(74) “Uninsured bank” means a Connecticut bank that does not accept retail deposits and for which insurance of deposits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor agency is not required.
(1949 Rev., S. 5732; 1967, P.A. 461, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 199, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 78-121, S. 9, 113; P.A. 80-482, S. 233, 345, 348; P.A. 83-406, S. 2, 11; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-65, S. 6; P.A. 92-12, S. 1; P.A. 94-122, S. 2, 340; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 14, 21; P.A. 95-155, S. 2, 29; P.A. 97-223, S. 1, 8; P.A. 98-258, S. 1; P.A. 00-2, S. 1, 3; P.A. 02-47, S. 1; 02-73, S. 1; P.A. 03-84, S. 23; 03-196, S. 1; P.A. 04-136, S. 1; P.A. 06-196, S. 216; P.A. 07-156, S. 2; P.A. 08-176, S. 31, 33; P.A. 11-110, S. 1; P.A. 12-96, S. 18; P.A. 14-89, S. 28; P.A. 18-173, S. 98.)
History: 1967 act inserted new Subdiv. (f) defining “savings deposit”, relettering former Subdivs. (f) to (h) accordingly and adding references to savings accounts and deposits as necessary; 1969 act included deposits of savings and loan associations in Subdiv. (c); P.A. 77-614 replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner within the department of business regulation and made banking department a division within that department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-121 deleted reference to moneys received by building associations in Subdiv. (a) and reference to deposits of private bankers in Subdiv. (c); P.A. 80-482 restored banking division as independent department with banking commissioner as its head and abolished the department of business regulation; P.A. 83-406 added definitions of “capital stock bank”, “national banking association”, “capital stock savings bank”, “capital stock savings and loan association”, “mutual savings bank”, “eligibility record date”, “eligible account holder” and “savings account”; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 “banking commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner of banking”); P.A. 88-65 redefined “account” and “deposit” by deleting references to industrial banks; P.A. 92-12 redesignated Subdivs; P.A. 94-122 consolidated, updated, alphabetized and added definitions, included “Connecticut bank” and “automated teller machine” and expanded the definition of “commissioner”, effective January 1, 1995; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 added definitions of “federal agency”, “federal branch”, “foreign bank”, “representative office”, “state agency” and “state branch” and renumbered prior definitions as necessary, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-2 transferred to Sec. 36a-2 in 1995; P.A. 95-155 added the definition of “insured depository institution”, redefined “state” to include any territory of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Island, and in the definition of “savings and loan holding company” changed the citation from CFR to USC, effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 97-223 amended definitions of “mutual holding company”, “reorganized savings bank” and “reorganized savings and loan association” in Subdivs. (39), (45) and (46), respectively, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 98-258 added new Subdiv. (43) defining “out-of-state trust company” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (43) to (62) as Subdivs. (44) to (63); P.A. 00-2 made technical changes to definitions of “commissioner” in Subdiv. (9), “consolidation” in Subdiv. (13) and “merger” in Subdiv. (37), and redefined “holding company” in Subdiv. (33) by deleting references to bank holding company and savings and loan holding company and adding “a company that controls a bank”, effective April 18, 2000; P.A. 02-47 redefined “mutual holding company”, “reorganized savings bank” and “reorganized savings and loan association”, added definition of “subsidiary holding company” and renumbered the subdivisions accordingly, effective May 9, 2002; P.A. 02-73 redefined “Connecticut credit union” and “time deposit”, added definitions of “Connecticut credit union service organization” and “credit union service organization” and renumbered the subdivisions accordingly; P.A. 03-84 changed “Commissioner of Banking” to “Banking Commissioner” in Subdiv. (9), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 03-196 defined “share account holder” in new Subdiv. (59) and redesignated existing Subdivs. (59) to (66), inclusive, as Subdivs. (60) to (67), inclusive, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-136 added definitions of “client” in new Subdiv. (8), “retail deposits” in new Subdiv. (54), “trust bank” in new Subdiv. (70) and “uninsured bank” in new Subdiv. (71), renumbered existing Subdivs. accordingly and made technical changes, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subdiv. (47), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-156 added new Subdiv. (43) defining “national mortgage licensing system” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (43) to (71) as Subdivs. (44) to (72), effective September 30, 2008; P.A. 08-176 changed effective date of P.A. 07-156, S. 2, from September 30, 2008, to July 1, 2008, changed defined term in Subdiv. (43) from “national mortgage licensing system” to “Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System”, added new Subdiv. (50) defining “prepayment penalty”, renumbered existing Subdivs. (50) to (72) as Subdivs. (51) to (73), and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-110 amended Subdiv. (69) to redefine “supervisory agency” by adding “Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection” in new Subpara. (H) and redesignating existing Subpara. (H) as Subpara. (I), effective July 21, 2011; P.A. 12-96 added new Subdiv. (40) defining “loan production office”, deleted former Subdiv. (43) defining “Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (40) to (42) as Subdivs. (41) to (43), effective June 8, 2012; P.A. 14-89 amended Subdiv. (3) to redefine “automated teller machine” by adding provision re telephone or televideo device, added new Subdiv. (70) defining “system” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (70) to (73) as Subdivs. (71) to (74), effective June 3, 2014; P.A. 18-173 redefined “Connecticut credit union service organization”.
See Sec. 1-1 for definitions of “banks”, “savings banks” and “deposit account”.
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Sec. 36a-3. Other defined terms. Other definitions applying to this title or to specified parts thereof and the sections in which they appear are:
“Account”. Sections 36a-155 and 36a-365.
“Additional proceeds”. Section 36a-746e.
“Administrative expense”. Section 36a-237.
“Advance fee”. Sections 36a-485 and 36a-615.
“Advertise”, “advertisement” or “advertising”. Sections 36a-485, 36a-535, 36a-586, 36a-596, 36a-655, 36a-671 and 36a-846.
“Agency bank”. Section 36a-285.
“Agent”. Section 36a-494.
“Alternative mortgage loan”. Section 36a-265.
“Amount financed”. Section 36a-690.
“Annual percentage rate”. Section 36a-690.
“Annual percentage yield”. Section 36a-316.
“Annuities”. Section 36a-455a.
“Applicant”. Section 36a-736.
“APR”. Section 36a-746a.
“Assessment area”. Section 36a-37.
“Assets”. Section 36a-70.
“Associate”. Section 36a-184.
“Associated member”. Section 36a-458a.
“Authorized delegate”. Section 36a-596.
“Bank”. Section 36a-30.
“Bankers' bank”. Section 36a-70.
“Banking business”. Section 36a-425.
“Basic services”. Section 36a-437a.
“Billing cycle”. Section 36a-565.
“Bona fide nonprofit organization”. Sections 36a-487 and 36a-655.
“Branch”. Sections 36a-145, 36a-410 and 36a-435b.
“Branch office”. Sections 36a-485 and 36a-715.
“Branch or agency net payment entitlement”. Section 36a-428n.
“Branch or agency net payment obligation”. Section 36a-428n.
“Broker”. Section 36a-746a.
“Business and industrial development corporation”. Section 36a-626.
“Business and property in this state”. Section 36a-428n.
“Capital”. Section 36a-435b.
“Cash advance”. Section 36a-564.
“Cash price”. Section 36a-770.
“Certificate of incorporation”. Section 36a-435b.
“CHFA loan”. Section 36a-760.
“Clerical or support duties”. Section 36a-485.
“Closely related activities”. Sections 36a-250 and 36a-455a.
“Collective managing agency account”. Section 36a-365.
“Commercial vehicle”. Section 36a-770.
“Community bank”. Section 36a-70.
“Community credit union”. Section 36a-37.
“Community development bank”. Section 36a-70.
“Community reinvestment performance”. Section 36a-37.
“Connecticut holding company”. Sections 36a-53 and 36a-410.
“Consolidate”. Section 36a-145.
“Construction loan”. Section 36a-458a.
“Consumer”. Sections 36a-155 and 36a-695.
“Consumer Credit Protection Act”. Section 36a-676.
“Consumer debtor” and “debtor”. Sections 36a-645 and 36a-800.
“Consumer collection agency”. Section 36a-800.
“Consummation”. Section 36a-746a.
“Control person”. Sections 36a-485, 36a-535, 36a-580, 36a-596, 36a-655, 36a-671 and 36a-846.
“Controlling interest”. Section 36a-276.
“Conventional mortgage rate”. Section 36a-760.
“Corporate”. Section 36a-435b.
“Credit”. Section 36a-645.
“Credit manager”. Section 36a-435b.
“Creditor”. Sections 36a-676, 36a-695 and 36a-800.
“Credit clinic”. Section 36a-700.
“Credit rating agency”. Section 36a-695.
“Credit report”. Section 36a-695.
“Credit union service organization”. Section 36a-435b.
“Credit union service organization services”. Section 36a-435b.
“De novo branch”. Section 36a-410.
“Debt”. Section 36a-645.
“Debt adjustment”. Section 36a-655.
“Debt buying”. Section 36a-800.
“Debt mutual fund”. Sections 36a-275 and 36a-459a.
“Debt negotiation”. Section 36a-671.
“Debt securities”. Sections 36a-275 and 36a-459a.
“Debtor”. Sections 36a-655 and 36a-671.
“Deliver”. Section 36a-316.
“Deposit”. Section 36a-316.
“Deposit account”. Section 36a-316.
“Deposit account charge”. Section 36a-316.
“Deposit account disclosures”. Section 36a-316.
“Deposit contract”. Section 36a-316.
“Deposit services”. Section 36a-425.
“Depositor”. Section 36a-316.
“Depository institution”. Section 36a-485.
“Derivative transaction”. Section 36a-262.
“Director”. Section 36a-435b.
“Dwelling”. Section 36a-485.
“Earning period”. Section 36a-316.
“Electronic payment instrument”. Section 36a-596.
“Eligible collateral”. Section 36a-330.
“Eligible entity”. Section 36a-34.
“Employee”. Section 36a-485.
“Entity”. Section 36a-380.
“Equity mutual fund”. Sections 36a-276 and 36a-459a.
“Equity security”. Sections 36a-276 and 36a-459a.
“Executive officer”. Sections 36a-263 and 36a-469c.
“Expedited Connecticut bank”. Section 36a-70.
“Experience in the mortgage business”. Section 36a-488.
“Federal banking agency”. Section 36a-485.
“Federal Credit Union Act”. Section 36a-435b.
“Federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act”. Section 36a-736.
“FHA loan”. Section 36a-760.
“Fiduciary”. Section 36a-365.
“Filing fee”. Section 36a-770.
“Finance charge”. Sections 36a-690 and 36a-770.
“Financial institution”. Sections 36a-41, 36a-44a, 36a-155, 36a-316, 36a-330, 36a-435b, 36a-736 and 36a-755.
“Financial records”. Section 36a-41.
“First mortgage loan”. Sections 36a-485, 36a-705 and 36a-725.
“Foreclosure rescue services”. Section 36a-671.
“Foreign banking corporation”. Section 36a-425.
“Fully indexed rate”. Section 36a-760b.
“General facility”. Section 36a-580.
“Global net payment entitlement”. Section 36a-428n.
“Global net payment obligation”. Section 36a-428n.
“Goods”. Sections 36a-535 and 36a-770.
“Graduated payment mortgage loan”. Section 36a-265.
“Guardian”. Section 36a-365.
“High cost home loan”. Section 36a-746a.
“Holder”. Section 36a-596.
“Home improvement loan”. Section 36a-736.
“Home purchase loan”. Section 36a-736.
“Home state”. Section 36a-410.
“Housing finance agency”. Section 36a-487.
“Immediate family member”. Sections 36a-435b and 36a-485.
“Independent contractor”. Section 36a-485.
“Individual”. Section 36a-485.
“Insider”. Section 36a-454b.
“Installment loan contract”. Sections 36a-535 and 36a-770.
“Insurance”. Section 36a-455a.
“Insurance bank”. Section 36a-285.
“Insurance department”. Section 36a-285.
“Interest”. Section 36a-316.
“Interest rate”. Section 36a-316.
“Interim interest”. Section 36a-746a.
“Investments”. Section 36a-602.
“Lender”. Sections 36a-746a, 36a-760 and 36a-770.
“Lessor”. Section 36a-676.
“License”. Section 36a-626.
“Licensee”. Sections 36a-596, 36a-607 and 36a-626.
“Limited branch”. Section 36a-145.
“Limited facility”. Section 36a-580.
“Loan broker”. Section 36a-615.
“Loan processor or underwriter”. Section 36a-485.
“Loss”. Section 36a-330.
“Made in this state”. Section 36a-770.
“Main office”. Section 36a-485.
“Managing agent”. Section 36a-365.
“Manufactured home”. Section 36a-457b.
“Member”. Section 36a-435b.
“Member business loan”. Section 36a-458a.
“Member in good standing”. Section 36a-435b.
“Membership share”. Section 36a-435b.
“Mobile branch”. Sections 36a-145 and 36a-435b.
“Monetary value”. Section 36a-596.
“Money transmission”. Section 36a-596.
“Mortgage”. Section 36a-760g.
“Mortgage broker”. Sections 36a-485, 36a-705 and 36a-760.
“Mortgage correspondent lender”. Section 36a-485.
“Mortgage insurance”. Section 36a-725.
“Mortgage lender”. Sections 36a-485, 36a-705 and 36a-725.
“Mortgage loan”. Sections 36a-261, 36a-265, 36a-457b and 36a-736.
“Mortgage loan originator”. Section 36a-485.
“Mortgage rate lock-in”. Section 36a-705.
“Mortgage servicer”. Section 36a-715t.
“Mortgagee”. Sections 36a-671 and 36a-715.
“Mortgagor”. Sections 36a-671 and 36a-715.
“Motor vehicle”. Section 36a-770.
“Multiple common bond membership”. Section 36a-435b.
“Municipality”. Section 36a-800.
“Net outstanding member business loan balance”. Section 36a-458a.
“Net worth”. Sections 36a-441a and 36a-458a.
“Network”. Section 36a-155.
“Nonprime home loan”. Section 36a-760.
“Nonrefundable”. Section 36a-498.
“Nontraditional mortgage product”. Section 36a-489a.
“Note account”. Sections 36a-301 and 36a-456b.
“Office”. Sections 36a-23, 36a-316 and 36a-485.
“Officer”. Section 36a-435b.
“Open-end line of credit”. Section 36a-760.
“Open-end loan”. Section 36a-565.
“Organization”. Section 36a-800.
“Out-of-state holding company”. Section 36a-410.
“Outstanding”. Section 36a-596.
“Passbook savings account”. Section 36a-316.
“Payment instrument”. Section 36a-596.
“Periodic statement”. Section 36a-316.
“Permissible investment”. Section 36a-596.
“Person”. Sections 36a-184 and 36a-485.
“Post”. Section 36a-316.
“Prepaid finance charge”. Section 36a-746a.
“Prime quality”. Section 36a-596.
“Principal amount of the loan”. Section 36a-485.
“Processor”. Section 36a-155.
“Public deposit”. Section 36a-330.
“Purchaser”. Section 36a-596.
“Qualified financial contract”. Section 36a-428n.
“Qualified public depository” and “depository”. Section 36a-330.
“Real estate”. Section 36a-457b.
“Real estate brokerage activity”. Section 36a-485.
“Records”. Section 36a-17.
“Registered mortgage loan originator”. Section 36a-485.
“Related person”. Section 36a-53.
“Relocate”. Sections 36a-145 and 36a-462a.
“Residential mortgage loan”. Section 36a-485.
“Residential property”. Section 36a-671.
“Residential real estate”. Section 36a-485.
“Resulting entity”. Section 36a-34.
“Retail buyer”. Sections 36a-535 and 36a-770.
“Retail credit transaction”. Section 42-100b.
“Retail installment contract”. Sections 36a-535 and 36a-770.
“Retail installment sale”. Sections 36a-535 and 36a-770.
“Retail seller”. Sections 36a-535 and 36a-770.
“Reverse annuity mortgage loan”. Section 36a-265.
“Sales finance company”. Sections 36a-535 and 36a-770.
“Savings department”. Section 36a-285.
“Savings deposit”. Section 36a-316.
“Secondary mortgage loan”. Section 36a-485.
“Security convertible into a voting security”. Section 36a-184.
“Senior management”. Section 36a-435b.
“Servicing”. Section 36a-846.
“Settlement agent”. Section 36a-494.
“Share”. Section 36a-435b.
“Short sale”. Section 36a-671.
“Simulated check”. Section 36a-485.
“Single common bond membership”. Section 36a-435b.
“Special mortgage”. Section 36a-760c.
“Social purpose investment”. Section 36a-277.
“Sponsored”. Section 36a-485.
“Standard mortgage loan”. Section 36a-265.
“Stored value”. Section 36a-596.
“Student education loan”. Section 36a-846.
“Student loan borrower”. Section 36a-846.
“Student loan servicer”. Section 36a-846.
“Table funding agreement”. Section 36a-485.
“Tax and loan account”. Sections 36a-301 and 36a-456b.
“The Savings Bank Life Insurance Company”. Section 36a-285.
“Time account”. Section 36a-316.
“Travelers check”. Section 36a-596.
“Troubled Connecticut credit union”. Section 36a-448a.
“Unique identifier”. Section 36a-485.
“Unsecured loan”. Section 36a-615.
“Value”. Section 36a-603.
“Virtual banking”. Section 36a-170.
“Warehouse agreement”. Section 36a-485.
(P.A. 94-122, S. 3, 340; P.A. 95-49, S. 1; 95-129, S. 1; 95-155, S. 3, 29; 95-253, S. 11, 19; P.A. 96-44, S. 8; P.A. 97-160, S. 2, 7; 97-209, S. 1, 6; P.A. 98-192, S. 1; P.A. 99-22, S. 1, 8; 99-63, S. 1; 99-158, S. 1; P.A. 00-14, S. 1, 3; P.A. 01-9, S. 1, 11, 01-34, S. 1; 01-56, S. 1; 01-76, S. 1, 5; P.A. 02-73, S. 2; 02-111, S. 1; P.A. 03-196, S. 2; 03-259, S. 1; P.A. 04-136, S. 2; P.A. 07-72, S. 1; P.A. 08-119, S. 1; 08-176, S. 34; P.A. 09-100, S. 1; P.A. 12-96, S. 6; P.A. 13-253, S. 21; P.A. 14-89, S. 29; P.A. 15-235, S. 12; P.A. 17-233, S. 1; P.A. 18-173, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 94-122 effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 95-49 added references to “network” and “processor” definitions and added a reference to Sec. 36a-155 in previously referenced “account”, “consumer” and “financial institution” definitions; P.A. 95-129 added reference to “bankers' bank” definition; P.A. 95-155 added reference to “bank”, “de novo branch”, and “home state” definitions and added a reference to Sec. 36a-410 in “branch” definition, effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 95-253 added references to “general facility” and “limited facility” definitions, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-44 added references to “controlling interest”, “debt mutual fund”, and “equity mutual fund” (Revisor's note: P.A. 96-44 omitted the reference to Sec. 36a-316 after “Financial institutions”. Since the reference was not enclosed within brackets the omission has been treated as a clerical error and the reference to Sec. 36a-316 preserved); P.A. 97-160 added references to “branch or agency net payment entitlement”, “branch or agency net payment obligation”, “business and property in this state”, “global net payment entitlement”, “global net payment net payment obligation” and “qualified financial contract” definitions, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 97-209 added references to “community bank” and “community development bank” definitions, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 98-192 added reference to “electronic payment instrument” definition; P.A. 99-22 deleted reference to “groups having a common bond of occupation or association” definition and added references to “multiple common bond membership” and “single common bond membership” definitions, effective May 12, 1999; P.A. 99-63 added references to “advertise”, “advertisement” and “simulated check” definitions; P.A. 99-158 added references to “closely related activities”, “retail deposits” and “uninsured bank” definitions; P.A. 00-14 added reference to Sec. 36a-136 in “deposit account” definition, effective April 25, 2000; P.A. 01-9 added references to “assessment area”, “community credit union” and “community reinvestment performance”, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 01-34 added references to “additional proceeds”, “APR”, “consummation”, “high cost home loan”, “prepaid finance charge” and “prepayment penalty” and added citation to Sec. 36a-746a in existing references to “broker” and “lender”; P.A. 01-56 deleted reference to “instrument” and added references to “material litigation”, “money transmission” and “payment instrument”; P.A. 01-76 added citation to Sec. 36a-44a in existing reference to “financial institution”, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-73 added references to “annuities”, “associated member”, “basic services”, “capital”, “certificate of incorporation”, “construction loan”, “corporate”, “credit manager”, “credit union service organization”, “credit union service organization services”, “director”, “equity security”, “Federal Credit Union Act”, “immediate family member”, “insider”, “insurance”, “manufactured home”, “member business loan”, “member in good standing”, “net outstanding member business loan balance”, “officer”, “real estate”, “senior management”, and “troubled Connecticut credit union” definitions, amended various existing definition references to add or change statutory citations and eliminated references to “certificate of organization” and “fiscal year” definitions; P.A. 02-111 deleted references to “mortgage broker” and “principal officer” definitions, deleted reference to Sec. 36a-510 in “broker” and “lender” definitions and added references to “debtor”, “first mortgage broker”, “first mortgage correspondent lender”, “first mortgage lender”, “nonrefundable”, “originator”, “secondary mortgage broker”, “secondary mortgage correspondent lender”, “secondary mortgage lender”, “table funding agreement” and “warehouse agreement” definitions; P.A. 03-196 added references to “consolidate” and “mobile branch”, amended reference to “deposit account” and deleted references to “eligible account holder”, “transaction” and “troubled financial institution”, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 03-259 added references to “executive officer” and “related person” and amended reference to “Connecticut holding company”; P.A. 04-136 added references to “administrative expense” and “assets” and deleted references to “retail deposits” and “uninsured bank”, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 07-72 amended reference to “credit clinic” to substitute Sec. 36a-700 for Sec. 36a-695; P.A. 08-119 amended reference to “office” to add Sec. 36a-23; P.A. 08-176 added references to “branch office”, “CHFA loan”, “conventional mortgage rate”, “FHA loan”, “fully indexed rate”, “interim interest”, “main office”, “mortgage”, “mortgage broker”, “mortgage correspondent lender”, “mortgage loan originator”, “nonprime home loan”, “open-end line of credit” and “special mortgage”, deleted references to “first mortgage broker”, “first mortgage correspondent lender”, “first mortgage lender”, “prepayment penalty”, “secondary mortgage broker”, “secondary mortgage correspondent lender” and “secondary mortgage lender”, in reference to “financial institution” added Sec. 36a-755, in reference to “first mortgage loan” added Sec. 36a-725, in reference to “mortgage loan” added Secs. 36a-485 and 36a-736, in references to “principal amount of the loan” and “secondary mortgage loan” added Sec. 36a-485 and deleted references to repealed sections and made technical changes throughout, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-100 added references to “eligible entity”, “expedited Connecticut bank” and “resulting entity” and added Sec. 36a-145 in reference to “mobile branch”, effective June 3, 2009; P.A. 12-96 added references to “advertising”, “agent”, “clerical or support duties”, “control person”, “depository institution”, “derivative transaction”, “dwelling”, “employee”, “entity”, “experience in the mortgage business”, “federal banking agency”, “housing finance agency”, “independent contractor”, “individual”, “loan processor or underwriter”, “nontraditional mortgage product”, “real estate brokerage activity”, “registered mortgage loan originator”, “residential mortgage loan”, “residential real estate”, “settlement agent”, “sponsored”, “system” and “unique identifier”, deleted reference to “residential property”, in reference to “bona fide nonprofit organization” added Sec. 36a-487, in reference to “immediate family member” added Sec. 36a-485, in reference to “mortgage loan” deleted Sec. 36a-485, and in reference to “person” added Sec. 36a-485; P.A. 13-253 added references to “authorized delegate”, “investments”, “monetary value”, “mortgage servicer”, “mortgagee”, “stored value” and “value”, deleted reference to “money order”, and in reference to “first mortgage loan” deleted Sec. 36a-715, in reference to “licensee” added Sec. 36a-607, in reference to “material litigation” deleted Sec. 36a-596 and added Sec. 36a-598, in reference to “money transmission” deleted Sec. 36a-365 and added Sec. 36a-596, in reference to “net worth” deleted Sec. 36a-596, and in reference to “residential mortgage loan” added Sec. 36a-715; P.A. 14-89 in reference to “branch office” added Sec. 36a-715, deleted reference to “mortgage servicing company”, in reference to “residential mortgage loan” deleted Sec. 36a-715, and deleted reference to “system”, effective June 3, 2014; P.A. 15-235 added reference to “virtual banking”, deleted references to “credit card”, “cardholder”, “card issuer”, “credit sale”, “home banking services”, “home banking terminal” and “open-end credit plan”, in reference to “consumer”, deleted “36a-676” and, in reference to “credit”, deleted “and 36a-676” and made a conforming change, effective August 1, 2015; P.A. 17-233 in reference to “advertise”, “advertisement” or “advertising” added “, 36a-535, 36a-586, 36a-596, 36a-655, 36a-671 and 36a-846”, in reference to “control person” added “, 36a-535, 36a-580, 36a-596, 36a-655, 36a-671 and 36a-846”, added reference to “debt negotiation”, in reference to “debtor” added “36a-671”, added reference to “foreclosure rescue service”, deleted reference to “material litigation”, in reference to “mortgagee” added “Sections 36a-671 and”, in reference to “mortgagor” added “Sections 36a-671 and”, added reference to “residential property”, added reference to “servicing”, added reference to “short sale”, added reference to “student loan education”, added reference to “student loan borrower”, added reference to “student loan servicer”, and made technical changes; P.A. 18-173 added reference to “debt buying” and made technical changes.
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